Library Catalogue

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Drug Use and Misuse A Community Health Perspective Christy Bazan

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Open textbook libraryDistributor: Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook LibraryPublisher: Urbana, Illinois University of Illinois Library - Urbana 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781946011152
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RA440
  • RA421
Online resources:
Contents:
About This Book -- Introduction -- Drug Use and Misuse Overview -- How Drugs Work in the Body and the Brain -- Social Determinants of Drug Use, Misuse, and Involvement -- Gateway Drugs (Caffeine, Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana) -- Sedative Hypnotics, Psychotherapeutic Drugs, Psychedelics, and Hallucinogens -- Opioids, Stimulants, Depressants, and Inhalants -- Prescription Medication, Over-the-Counter Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Appearance and Performance Enhancers -- Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Models
Subject: Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective provides students with an introduction to the biological, psychological, and legal aspects of drug use and misuse through the lens of community health and discusses the impact of drug use and misuse on community health. The book contains eight distinct chapters addressing the background of drug use and misuse, including key terms, as well as an introduction to different categories of drugs including gateway drugs, opioids, and prescription drugs, and a conclusion that describes evidence-based prevention and treatment models. Originally developed for use in the popular undergraduate survey course “Drug Use and Abuse” taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the book is aimed at students learning about community health and the effects of drug use in a variety of contexts, such as survey courses for pharmacology, psychology, or public health.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

About This Book -- Introduction -- Drug Use and Misuse Overview -- How Drugs Work in the Body and the Brain -- Social Determinants of Drug Use, Misuse, and Involvement -- Gateway Drugs (Caffeine, Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana) -- Sedative Hypnotics, Psychotherapeutic Drugs, Psychedelics, and Hallucinogens -- Opioids, Stimulants, Depressants, and Inhalants -- Prescription Medication, Over-the-Counter Drugs, Dietary Supplements, and Appearance and Performance Enhancers -- Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment Models

Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective provides students with an introduction to the biological, psychological, and legal aspects of drug use and misuse through the lens of community health and discusses the impact of drug use and misuse on community health. The book contains eight distinct chapters addressing the background of drug use and misuse, including key terms, as well as an introduction to different categories of drugs including gateway drugs, opioids, and prescription drugs, and a conclusion that describes evidence-based prevention and treatment models. Originally developed for use in the popular undergraduate survey course “Drug Use and Abuse” taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the book is aimed at students learning about community health and the effects of drug use in a variety of contexts, such as survey courses for pharmacology, psychology, or public health.

Attribution-NonCommercial

In English.

Description based on online resource

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024, Kenya Medical Training College | All Rights Reserved